Crevasse fall in Antarctica led Canadian Pilot death

A Canadian helicopter pilot has passed on in the wake of falling 20m (65ft) into a frigid chasm close to Australia’s Davis base in Antarctica.

David Wood, 62, fell into the break in the wake of escaping his helicopter amid a normal fuel drop on Monday.

He was saved following three hours and traveled to the exploration station for treatment, with medicinal exhortation given by phone from Australia.

However, he kicked the bucket from his wounds the next day.

Powers say they are attempting to give back his body to Australia.

The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) said that Mr Wood had flown with another pilot and the two arrived by a station on an ice rack to drop off fuel drums. The pilots were in two separate helicopters, which AAD said was standard.

In the wake of landing, Mr Wood fell into the precipice. The second pilot was not ready to help and flew back to Davis base for offer, coming back with salvage laborers, some assistance with saying AAD.

AAD executive Nick Gales said Mr Wood had over 30 years flying background in both the Antarctic and Arctic.

“Mr Wood was a regarded associate and companion to numerous in the Australian Antarctic program, with which he has been included for various years,” he said.

Australia’s surroundings clergyman Greg Hunt said that Mr Wood’s “appalling passing is an indication of the threatening, remote and naturally risky environment” in which Australia’s Antarctic groups work.

Canadian media said Mr Wood lived the greater part of the year in Manitoba where he functioned as contract pilot and battled timberland fires.

Kindred pilot Bruno Meili said he had “lived and inhaled helicopters”. He told Canadian media a mishap as was this “not what you think would happen in our sort of business”.

The AAD is an arm of the Australian government’s surroundings division, doing logical exploration in Australian Antarctic and sub-Antarctic domains.